Rotorua Lakes High School “Mauria te pono - Keep steadfastly to the truth”
NEWSLETTER ISSUE No. 11 – 1 JULY 2022
CONTENTS From the Principal – P. 1 - 3 News from Teachers – P. 4 Student Successes – P. 5 Sport – P. 6 Careers – P. 6 - 7 Notice Board – P. 8
Kia ora Koutou, This is my last newsletter for Term 2. A long term but I hope you will agree a very successful one. Our sports teams have been fantastic and the many workshops and events where our students have represented us so well have been really awesome. This is a huge thank you to our students but also to our very dedicated staff who have put in tremendous work and efforts under sometimes difficult circumstances. It was great to see so many of our community attending our parent/teacher evenings last week. I know for some there were concerns around progress and hopefully, the conversations provided a measure of reassurance and also clarified the positive pathways forward that we have in place for our students. It was good to see parents smiling both on the way in and the way out! If you missed these for any reason, and want to catch up with any specific staff, please feel free to email us at the school and we can pass on your queries in the right direction or you can email teachers directly. One of the key focuses of Term 3, will be our practice assessments. In some ways, I prefer not to call them practice assessments but derived grade exams. The reason for this is that these assessments provide evidence that we can give to NZQA to determine a grade for a student should they be unable to go to the final external exams. Every year, there are a number of students who have medical issues or family concerns which prevent them from attending the final exams and this is particularly true as we continue to work in the covid environment. In these cases, with the appropriate documentation, we can look at providing derived grade evidence. As we all know it has been a long term and I have stressed to our staff how much everyone needs to take a break, re-charge batteries and be ready for the important academic Term 3. I hope that you and your whanau will have an opportunity to relax, recuperate and generally rest at some point through the break. We look forward to welcoming everyone back on Monday 25th July. Have a lovely holiday and a safe break. Ngā mihi, Jon Ward, Principal/Tumaki 1